Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on May 4, 2021 8:11:21 GMT -5
Very nice cabs! Is your fishin spot at Anderson Reservior? *S*
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Post by Sabre52 on May 3, 2021 8:37:08 GMT -5
Nice! In certain spots there was a lot of that intergrade type jasper, part breccia part poppy. It's one of my favorite types.
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Post by Sabre52 on May 1, 2021 15:40:10 GMT -5
Win, Geez, for about $1000 you can get a Nikon Coolpix P1000. Fairly large for a bridge camera but it can do everything for you but cook your dinner. Monster optical zoom, a multitude of shooting modes, good viewfinder and image stabilization etc etc. I chose the smaller B500 because of size, price, power source flexibility and and handheld, even one handed macro shooting qualities but was sorely tempted to get a larger model. Makes my old Canon rig look like a fossil.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 30, 2021 19:59:15 GMT -5
OK, I thought the plumes were nice but that first pocket rot wood, HOLY COW!!!!!!!! That is awesome!
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 29, 2021 22:58:37 GMT -5
Borax should not harm rocks at all. Something else must be the issue. However it is very toxic to all plants so borax water waste is hard to dispose of. Dreft soap is the best for that final wash in my book.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 29, 2021 18:40:34 GMT -5
Yep, with my rig, Eight spare lithium AAs and the four rechargables in the camera will last almost 1200 shots and weigh next to nothing. I flat love this camera for shooting everything from bugs to birds and scenery and it's all in one small package. Photo quality is amazing too.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 29, 2021 13:52:03 GMT -5
Guess I should have been more clear in my response. I was not saying the Coolpix B500 was ancient. I was responding to Rockoontz's statement about his old camera taking AA batteries which makes it easy to power. The B500 though fairly new and often still available, still uses those AA bateries which is why I bought it instead of the later models with the "power pack only" that requires recharging feature. Can't recharge a dang battery pack while in the field shooting.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 29, 2021 8:55:09 GMT -5
My Nikon Coolpix B500 came with four AA rechargables but I carry a couple of sets of Energizer Ultimate Lithiums to use when those are being recharged. Those are good for at least 400 shots or so. Amazing that I can shoot for days with no film and not extra stuff to carry except a few batteries. And the shooting modes available are awesome. I like taking pics of old buildings and farmsteads and have even figured out how to do old western type sepia effects. This new camera tech is amazing! Here's an example. roeder house (2) by lonerider652000, on Flickr
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 29, 2021 8:33:57 GMT -5
Yep, I like the Royal Purple Aztec too.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 29, 2021 8:32:20 GMT -5
Nice! Especially like the Wamsutter algae. Very cool shape.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 27, 2021 15:18:37 GMT -5
Since I'm old, I've been able to see the evolution of cameras over the sixty years I've been taking pics. I started with Rolliflexs, went to SLR film types, then to modern Canons big ones with fancy lenses and little auto ones. Then, in my advanced years, just last year I discovered just how great the modern bridge cameras are and sidelined all my others. Got a Nikon Coolpix B500 and have never looked back. Fits in my hand, light and super easy to use, great lens, fantastic macro feature. Can take handheld pics of tiny insects under a quarter inch in size in exquisite detail and has a fantastic telephoto. Top that off with special effects and many shooting modes and I will probably keep this one till I die. When I think of all the crap I used to haul around, heavy telephotos, tripods, macro lenses, etc etc, I can't believe I can do everything and much better with a camera that weighs maybe half a pound. Plus rechargeable batteries that give me better than 300 shots per charge. I can still remember buying 36 exposure film rolls that we quite expensive and then having to pay another big fee to have them developed. We are truly in the age of Camera heaven. FYI Nikon make several Coolpix bridge cameras and the more fancy ones like the B800, B1000 are really incredible but much larger. The main advantage is the more expensive models have a viewfinder instead of just a screen.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 27, 2021 13:08:47 GMT -5
Yum, that coral is nice!
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 27, 2021 13:06:09 GMT -5
Yep, when I was in southern Commiefornia, we hunted a similar stone called Pt. Mugu Shell Rock down towards Malibu. Coquina was what I was told was the proper name. Our stuff had smaller shell fragments though. Think I still have a big faced block of it on my rock pile. Just ran across it the other day.
Golden to tan form from South Texas is called Devil's Toenails.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 27, 2021 13:01:46 GMT -5
Inclusions might be mica too.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 27, 2021 13:00:13 GMT -5
Does look like idocrase/ vesuvianite ( Happy Camp Jade) to me. My other best guess would be massive grossular garnet. Actually looks a bit more like that one to me.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 25, 2021 12:20:53 GMT -5
Yeppers that's a good'un all right. Again really cool details in the macros.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 24, 2021 19:28:03 GMT -5
Super nice! I always liked Dryheads because the matrix takes a good polish a lot of times. A lot of smooth rounded Dryheads are duds. When buying dryheads look for the rough surfaced ones with jagged bumps or ridges. Myself, I never purchased any that did not show a little exterior fortification pattern. When I went to the mines to dig, I also noticed there were two distinct nodule layers. The uppermost had a lot of lacy examples with creamy matrix and ones with fractures and voids and were often rejects. There were some awesome agates in this layer but few and far between. The lower layer was the best with the chocolate colored matrix but even though I found some honking big ones that were nice smooth rounded nodules, most all those were solid brown matrix when cut. The dig at that tine was $35 for a twenty four hours period and in summer the days lasted till like 11PM. You could keep as much as you found in that period but man, with four to five feet of overburden, that was about the toughest rock dig ever. Brought home everything but probably i/3 were duds.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 20, 2021 8:04:47 GMT -5
Both my folks had shingles and it was awful so I got the shots when available. The #2 shot from the newer shingles series was a bit rough but nothing like as bad as Moderna #2.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 19, 2021 22:15:10 GMT -5
Yeah Sherri, one of the many reasons I moved to Texas was the desire to return to my two old loves, horses and shooting. Lots of space to roam horseback and none of Commiefornia's stupid gun laws. Still like a little rock and fossil hunting but beat up old hands and a desire to spend time in the out of doors instead of slow ass grinding on wheels and constantly fixing my cranky slab saw won out. As we age, time gets more and more precious, and as one of my heroes, Winston Churchill said, "There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man." and "No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle." *S*
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 18, 2021 18:15:41 GMT -5
OK day after Moderna #2 officially sucked. Basically like a flu without the barfing. Chills, fever, bad muscle aches , headache. All better by day #2 after the shot though. Just feel a little fatigued but heck I'm old. I need a nap after I ride a horse.
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